Container



April 1942- .1. R. OTTER 2,280,601

CONTAINER Filed D60. 26, 1939 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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CONTAINER Filed Dec. 26, 1939 2 She ecs-Sh eqt- 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 21, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,280,601 CONTAINER.

Judson R. Otter, Piedmont, W. Va. Application December as, 1939, Serial No. 311,021

2 Claims.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a container of this character wherein the compartments provided therein are individually accessible so that the content of one compartment can be dispensed without disturbing the content of any of the other compartments provided in said container.

A further object of the invention is the pro- "ision of a container of this character wherein its body is of bag form and flexible for the collapsing thereof and has within separated compartments receptive of commodities including articles, comminuted material or substances having fluidity, the quantities of the same being completely separate and are individually usable without efiecting others contained in all or any of the other compartments or unused quantities of commodities packaged by the container, the compartments being closed independently of each other so that the opening of one will not effect the opening of the other.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a container of this character wherein each of the multiplicity of compartments created therein is provided with a filling and dispensing spout susceptible of being folded and.

provision of a container of this character, which is simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and efiective for the purposes intended thereof, being strong, durable, convenient for use by merchandising distributors and to consumers of commodities, assuring freshness to the packaged materials, eliminating deterioration of the commoditiesj when packaged, and inexpensive to manuiacture. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred and modified forms of embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view partially broken away of a container constructed in accordv ance with the invention and opened.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the container in a collapsed condition prior to the use thereof for packaging purposes.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional'view 5' through.

sealed for the maintenance of the contents of Figure 8 is a perspective view of a further Referring to the drawings in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, A designates generally a container constructed in accordance with the invention, comprising a flexible body [0, preferably made from tough paper although it maybe made from Cellophane or any other material having the required strength and durability for go'giving maximum life thereto and also for withing and otherwise handling. of merchandise and additionally assures protecticn thereto aswell as aifording convenience in the packaging and the dispensing of several or more commodities.

standing the load of .contents of such container when packaging the same. This body has side walls H, ,end walls 12, a permanently closed bottom l3 and an open, closable top. The bottom A still further object of the invention is the I3 is permanently closed throughthe medium of overlapped flaps l4, these being adhesively joined with each other in their overlapped relation one to the other and in this way the bottom i3 is materially reinforced and strengthened in that the side and end walls are single ply. The end walls I2 and the bottom l3 are suitably creased for creating fold lines so that the body II] in its entirety can be collapsed into a flat condition, this being the normal state thereof when not in use.

Built interiorly of the body I is a partition or divider wall l5 for separating the interior of the body l0 into a determined number of compartments l6 non-communicative with each other for separating contents of these respective compartments from each other in the packaging thereof within the container. The partition or divider wall l5 marginally thereof following the bottom I 3 and the end walls l2 has jointure therewith preferably as at I! for permanency in the location of such partition or divider wall l5- within the body l0. It is to be understood of course that the permanent locating of the partition or divider wall l5 within the body l0 deter-' mines the capacity of the compartments l6, that is to say, these compartments may be of equal or unequal capacity with respect to each other.

The end walls |2 inwardly from the open top edge of the body l0 in alignment with the partition or divider wall l5 are slitted a determined are capable of being folded for the closing thereof, the folding being indicated at 22 and in this condition may be sealed for rendering the compartments fluidtight to preserve the contents of such compartments and to avoid contamination from external sources without the body l0. These spouts or mouths 2|, individual in kind for the respective compartments l6, permit of the closing of the compartments independently of each other and also avoid decreasing the max-' imum content capacity of said compartments in that no partof the body III will be consumed in the closingof such compartment through the use of the spouts or mouths 2| created therewith.

The contents of the compartment l6 when packaged will be held separated to avoid intermixing thereof and the container assures the use of one content in one compartment without disturbing the content of the other or others of said compartments created within the body N.

The partitioning and spouting or mouthing of thebody III of a container as before set forth enables the latter to package several or more commodities and the maintenance of the same in the separated condition provided for by the formation of the compartments within.

The advantages of arranging a plurality of compartments within'a container and these individually opened and closed only at the top of the container beyond that of a container creating a wrapper for the packaging of a commodity should be clearly obvious and manifold. Essentially it is possible to have a single container package quantities of material, these being segregated from each other, and on the dispensing of one avoids disturbance of another and dispensing in part or whole of any one or all of the quantities of material can be had.

In- Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings there is shown a modification of the invention wherein the body 23 of the container is constructed and arranged as shown with the compartments 24 interiorly thereof in end to end relation to each other with the foldable, normally open, closable mouths 25 individual to each compartment 24.

The build of the compartments 24 interiorly of the body 23 'is brought about by the partition or divider wall 26. The mouths 25 are separated from each other by the continuations 21 and 28 present with the said partition 26.

In Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings there is shown a further modification of the invention wherein the mouths or extension spouts 29 inditions 32 and by this will function as a funnel for each of said compartments enabling the filling of such compartments more conveniently than will be the case when the spouts or mouths are straight walled.

The size of the container and the content capacities of the compartments within the latter can be varied within determined limits and also the shapes of the said container and compartments may be altered for satisfying the requirements of the makers or users of containers of v this type.

What is claimed is:

1. A container of the character described, comprising a collapsible body having opposite walls provided with slits extending downwardly from the upper edges, a partition extending across the body below the slits and dividing the same into two compartments, and the partition above the slits having two flaps each extending the entire width of the container adapted to co-operate with the upper ends of the opposite walls of the body to form a separate closure for each compartment.

2. A container of the character described, comprising a collapsible body having opposite walls provided with slits extending downwardly from the upper edges, a partition extending across the body below the slits and dividing the same into two compartments, and the partition above the slits having two flaps each extending the entire width of the container terminating in a plane with the upper ends of the opposite walls of the body, whereby the flaps and the walls of the body above the slits co-operate to form a separate. closure for each compartment.

JUDSON R. OTTER. 

